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Appendix C: Summary of the Defense Science Board Task Force Report: Assessment of Nuclear Monitoring and Verification Technologies
Pages 145-146

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... The Task Force recommended that a revamped monitoring framework should • plan for a long period of building the political and technical groundwork for the next major steps, whether cooperative or unilateral; • specifically expand cooperative agreements; • adopt/adapt new tools for monitoring (e.g., open and commercial sources, persistent surveillance from conventional war-fighting, "big data" analy sis) across the intelligence community, Department of Defense, and De partment of Energy; and 145
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... 146 APPENDIX C • develop and integrate technical capabilities with concepts of operations for effective implementation. The process would not be a one-time re-alignment but rather require a sustained effort with continuous experimentation to test assumptions, capabilities, and approaches, and stay ahead of emerging challenges.
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